Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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1 The present invention relates to color
television receivers and, in particular, to apparatus for
facilitating the set-up and servicing of a color kine-
scope included in such receivers.
Set-up of a color kinescope entails color
temperature adjustments among a number of other adjustments. ~
The color temperature adjustmen-t takes into account the ;
differences of the cathode emissions of the several
electron beam producing guns of the kinescope and the h
differences in the efficiencies of the several phosphors ~`
of the kinescope. The color temperature adjustment ~-
typically involves adjusting direct control voltages
applied between cathodes and grlds of the kinescope and
the AC gain of the kinescope drivers such that white
information is reproduced with the proper color
temperature at all brightness levels between minimum and
maximum white, with the maximum white level being
produced at the highest achievable level of brightness
consistent with good image clarity.
Service switch arrangements included in color
television receivers are known which provide a convenient
means for factory and service personnel to make adjust-
ments without the need for additional equipment.
Typically, service switch arrangements provide "normal"
and "service" positions. When the service switch arrange-
ment is in the "normal" position, the receiver operates
to couple video signals to -the kinescope for normal image
viewing.
When the service switch is in the "service"
position, the vertical deflection circuits are disabled
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1 and the chrominance and luminance signals are decoupled
from the kinescope so that the kinescope is in a
quieseent operating condition. The direct control signals
coupled to the grids (or cathodes) of eaeh gun are
gradually controlled until that gun produces a barely
visible, narrow horizontal line on the kinescope. When
all three guns have been so energized, the line will
appear, from a suitable distance, as a white line of low
brightness level.
Various service switch arrangements are
deseribed in the following United States patents:
U.S. Paten-t
No. 3,114,796 (J. Stark, Jr. et al.); U.S. Patent
No. 3,270,125 (G. E. Kelly et al.); U.S. Patent No.
lS 3,461,225 (P. E. Crookshanks et al.); U.S. Patent No. ~ ~;
3,525,801 (D. H. Willis); U.S. Patent NoO 3,820,155
(D. L. Neal); and U.S. Patent No. 3,959,811 (R. L.
Shanley, II).
When one or more unregulated or partially
regulated operating voltages for a eolor television
reeeiver are derived from horizontal output circuitry of a
horizontal defleetion stage of the reeeiver, partieular ~-
problems are eneountered in providing an accurate set-up
adjustment. Typieally, sueh voltages are ultimately
derived from the oseillatory output signal of a horizontal
oseillator ineluded in the horizontal defleetion stage.
The magnitudes of sueh voltages are determined in part
by the frequency of oseillation of the horizontal
oscillator, which in turn is stabilized by a synchronizing
(syne) signal derived from a reeeived eomposite video
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1 signal. In the absence of the sync signal, the oscillator
frequency is not stabilized and tends to vary, thereby
producing variations in the derived receiver operating
potentials.
In the service or adjustment mode of operation
of such a color television receiver system, it is
desirable to provide accurately simulated quiescent
operating conditions in order to facilitate accurate
set-up of the color receiver. Furthermore, it is
desirable that the service switch control the various
portions of the receiver with which it is coupled by ;~
direct (DC) control signal connections rather than by
alternating (AC) control signal connections to minimize
stray signal pick-up and~other problems associated with `~
long leads coupling alternating signals.
An additional problem is encountered in the -
design of "service" set-up arrangements for color tempera~
ture adjustment of receivers of the type including an
auxiliary~(reserve) blanking circuit. One such circuit,
whlch~serves to inhibit klnescope operation during the
vertical retrace-horizontal trace interval to thereby
inhibit the formation of dis~concerting horizontal trace
lines, is described in U.S. Patent No. 3,984,864 granted
to D. H. Willis and assigned to the same assignee as the
present invention. When using such an arrangement,
provision should be made to insure that such auxiliary
blanking does not adversely affect the set-up procedure.
In accordance with the present invention, a
control arrangement is provided in a system for processing ~ ;
a composite color video signal containing chrominance,
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1 luminance and synchronizing signal components. The system
includes chrominance and luminance channels for processing
the chrominance and luminance components, a color image
reproducing device having plural color producing electron
beam apparatus responsive to chrominance and luminance
signals coupled via the chrominance and luminance channels,
and a deflection circuit associated with the electron
beam apparatus for providing horizontal and vertical
scanning of the reproducing device. The deflection
circuit includes means for providing a periodic signal
having time intervals representative of image trace and
retrace intervals and a frequency synchronized by a
synchronizing input signal applied thereto. A receiver
operating supply voltage of a magnitude dependent upon
the frequency of the periodic signal is derived from the
periodic signal. A switch coupled to a direct voltage :~
control terminal of each of the chrominance and luminance
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channels and the deflection circuit is also included.
A first position of the switch renders the chrominance -
and luminance channels and the deflection circuit normally ;~
operative in a normal mode of operation of the system.
A second position of the switch renders the chrominance
and luminance channels inoperative to couple the chro-
minance and luminance components, and renders the
deflection circuit inoperative to provide scanning of the
image reproducing device in one direction, thereby
permitting adjustment of the device in a service mode of
operation. A signal separator operative independen-t of
the chrominance and luminance channels serves to separate
the synchronizing component from the composite video
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1 signal. A coupling circuit supplies the separated
synchronizing component to the periodic signal deriving
means as the synchronizing signal input independent of
the position of the switch, whereby the derived receiver
operating supply voltage exhibits substantially the same
magnitude during both the normal and service modes.
In the drawing: '
FIGURES la and lb show, partially in block
diagram form and partially in schematic circuit diagram
form, the general arrangement of a color television -
receiver employing an apparatus constructed in accordance
with the present invention; and
FIGURE 2 shows a modification of the apparatus ;~
shown in FIGURES la and lb;
In the following description it will be helpful
to concurrently refer to FIGURES la and lb which are parts
of the same arrangement.
In FIGURES la and lb, there is shown a color ~,
~television receiver including a video processing unit 12
Eor receiving from an antenna 10 radio frequency (RF) '
signals and for translating these signals through an ~`
intermediate frequency (IF) amplifying and detecting '
portion (not shown) to form a composite video signal, The
composite video signal comprises chrominance, luminance
and synchronizing signal components.
A frequency selection unit 13 selectively
couples the chrominance component to a chrominance channel
14, including a chrominance processing unit 16 for
processing the chrominance component to derive R-Y, B-Y
and G-Y color difference signals. A viewer ad~ustable
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1 color control potentiometer 90 serves to adjust the signal
gain of chrominance unit 16 and thereby -the amplitude of ~
signals processed by unit 16. The color difference ~ ;
signals are coupled to respective inputs of kinescope
driver stages 18a, 18b and 18c of a kinescope driver 20.
The kinescope driver stages~combine the R-Y, B-Y and G-Y ~ ~.
color difference signals with a luminance output signal, ~ `;
; ~ Y, of a luminance channel~22~ to~derive R, B and G color
~signals.
~lO~ The R, B and~G~color slgna~ls are;~respect1vely
applied to cathodes~of~the~three electro~n~guns of
k1nescope 38~ Each gun~,~ for exampl~e, comprlses a cathode,
a control grid and a screen~grid~to develop and
accelerate an electron~beam. ~Pocus~and~ultor electrodes ;~
~l5 ~ ~are~also~provided. ~Dlrec~t~blas control~ voltages are
coupled to the control~grlds f~rom a blas control unit 40,
and~dlrect screen~cont~rol~voltages~are coupled~to the
screen grlds from screen con~-trol unit 42 to permit
adjustment o-f the cut-off~point of~each gun.
The ;lllustrated~klnescops~dr~iver~staqss~18a, 18b
and~l8c arè of the ty`pe des~cribied~in U~.S.~Patent No.
3,970,895 granted to D.~H;.~Willis.
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18b and 18c are similar, the followlng brief description
of stage 18c applies to stages 18a and 18b as well.
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Stage 18c comprlses an NPN amplifier transistor
24c and an NPN keyed clamping transistor 26c arranged in
feedback relation as shown. A ~210 volt source provides
an operating voltage for stage 18c. The R-Y color
difference signal is coupled to a base electrode of
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1 transistor 24c through a coupling capacitor 34c, the
luminance output signal Y from luminance channel 22 is ~ `
coupled to an emitter electrode of transistor 24c via a
variable drive control resistor 28c, and periodic keying
signals are applied to an emit-ter electrode of transistor
26c from a keying stage 130. Luminance and keying signals `
are similarly applied to corresponding inputs of driver ;~,
stages 18a and 18b.
Transistor 24c serves to combine and amplify
the Y and ~-Y signals to derive the color signal R at the
collector output of transistor 24c. Variable resistor 28c -
is adjustable to control the gain of stage 18c.
Capacitor 34c and transistor 26c form a keyed clamping
circuit for maintaining the voltage developed at the
emltter of transistor 24c substantially constant and
independent of the direct current conditions of chrominance ,
processing unit 16 and the base-to-emitter voltage ~ ;
variations of transistor 24c. The clamping action occurs ~ -
when transistor 26c is rendered conductive in response to ;
a keying pulse generated by keying circuit 130 during the
horizontal flyback (re-trace) interval. ~;~
The output of video processing unit 12 is also
coupled to a sync separator 60 for deriving positive
periodic line sync pulses from the video signal independent
of the operation of the chrominance and luminance channels.
The derived sync pulses are in phase with and correspond
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to the sync component of the video signal, and are coupled
by conductor 66 to a horizontal deflection stage including a
horizontal oscillator 62 and horizontal signal processing ~;
circuits 6~, and to a vertical deflection stage including a
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1 vertical oscillator 72 and vertical signal processing
circuits 74.
Periodic vertical deflection and vertical
blanking signals provided by vertical signal processing
unit 74 are coupled to vertical deflection windings of
kinescope 38 and to luminance channel 22, respectively.
Output signals from horizontal signal processing unit 64
are applied to a horizontal flyback transformer 76 to
der1ve horizontal blanking, horizontal deflection and `~
horizontal flyback signal~s. The horizontal deflection ` ~-~
signals are coupled to horizontal deflection windings
of kinescope 38, and the horizontal blanking signals
are coupled to luminance channel 22.
Positive horizontal flyback signals occuring
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during the horizontal sync or retrace interval of the
video signal are coupled to a high voltage unit (e.g.,
voltage tripler) 78, which provides high operating
voltages for the ultor and focus electrodes of kinescope
38,;and to keylng circuit 130 of luminance channel 22.
~ Keying circuit 130 generates negative-going
; periodic keying signals during the horizontal retrace
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interval in response to and substantially coincident with ~-
negative-going horizontal flyback signals. The keying -
signals control the operation of the keyed bias tran-
sistors (e.g., 26c) of the kinescope driver stages during ~-
the horizontal retrace interval as described in U.S.
Patent No. 3,970,895.
The horizontal flyback transformer 76 also
provides voltages from which rectified unregulated, DC
receiver operating voltages are developed. In this
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1 example, the unregulated operating voltage supply
(+210 volts) for the kinescope driver stages is developed
from a voltage produced by a tapped secondary winding of
horizontal flyback -transformer 76.
Luminance channel 22 includes a luminance signal
processing unit 44 for amplifying and otherwise processing
the luminance component of the composite video signal to
provide a "sync tips positive" luminance output signal in
this example. The luminance component from uni-t 44
comprises periodic blanking pulses and signal portions
representing i~age information disposed between the
blanking pulses. The blanking pulses are formed by a
pedestal level upon which are imposed sync pulses.
The ]uminance componen-t from -the outpu-t of
unit 44 is coupled to a keyed blanking level clamp circuit
comprising a coupling capacitor 104 and a PNP clamp
transistor 110. Periodic keying signals from keying unit
130 are combined with sync signals from sync separator 60
at a base electrode of transistor 110 to form a switching
signal for controlling the clamping (conduction) intervals
of clamp transistor 110. Clamp transistor 110 conducts
periodically to clamp the luminance signal in response
to the minimum amplitude level of the switching signal.
T~hen clamp transistor 110 conducts, -the luminance signal
2S coupled via capacitor 104 is clamped to a vol-tage then
appearing on the base of transistor 110. This voltage
represents a blanking reference level corresponding -to a
black tone of an image.
Positive periodic horizontal and vertical
3 blanking pulses, with time durations respectively
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I corresponding to horizontal and vertical retrace intervals,
are combined and amplitude limited by a blanking unit 160.
The combined blanking signals are coupled to a base
electrode of a PNP luminance amplifier transistor 105
where the combined blanking signal is summed with the
clamped luminance signal to insure that kinescope 38 is
substantially cut-off during -the horizontal and vertical
retrace intervals. Transistor 105 provides an amplified,
clamped luminance signal Y to kinescope driver stages 18a, -~
18b and 18c.
The output of keying unit 130 is also coupled to
an auxiliary blanking unit 145 to provide an auxiliary
or reserve periodic blanking pulse during each vertical
retrace-horizontal trace interval to insure that kine~
scope 38 is cut-off, so that disconcerting horizontal
trace lines are not visible during this interval. Keying
unit L30 and a~xilar~ blanking unit 145 can be of the
type described in aforementioned U.S. Patent No. 3,~84,86
of D. H. Willis.
Additional control of clamp transistor 110 is
accomplished by a brightness control variable resistor 112.
Variable resistor 112 represents a manually adjustable,
viewer operated control to vary the conduction of clamp
transistor 110 and to thereby obtain a desired level of
2~ image brightness. Briefly, variable resistor 112 serves
to adjust the bias and therefore the level of conduction
and clamping voltage of keyed clamp transistor 110.
Adjustment of resis-tor 112 between the minimum (MIN) and
maximum (MAX) positions varies the b:Lanking (or black)
level of the ]uminance signal, and thereby image brightness
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1 from a minimum to a maximum level. The brightness
control function (lncluding the circuit portion designated
generally as 100) is descrlbed in greater detail in -
U.S. Patent No. 4,044,375
entitled "Brightness Control Apparatus",
in the name of M. N. Norman.
A two-position service switch 82 having two
sets of electrically isolated poles and "normal" and
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"service" positions facilitates initial adjustment of
receiver operating conditions. The receiver operates
normally in the "normal" position. When in the "service"
position, service switch 82 permits color temperature
adjustments of kinescope 38.
A first set of poles includes poles 84a, 86a
and 88a. Pole 84a is directly connected to a lower
terminal of brightness control resistor 112, to a lower
terminal of color control potentiometer 90 via a resistor
93/ and to a source of positive direct voltage (+22 volts)
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via a resistor 92. Pole 86a is connected to a point of ~;
reference potential (e.g., ground), and pole 88a is
connected to a control input of auxiliary blanking unit
145. A second set of poles includes poles 84b, 86b and
88b~ No connection is made to pole 84b in this example.
Pole 86b is connected to a source of negative direct
voltage ~~40 volts), and pole 88b is connected to a -
control input of vertical oscillator 72.
In the "normal" position, poles 84a and 86a are
connected together via a negligible impedance so that
pole 84a and therefore the junction of resistors 92 and 93
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1 are at ground potential. Color control poten-tiometer 90
and brightness control resistor 112 operate in normal
fashion, and chrominance and luminance signals are
processed normally by the chrominance and luminance
channels, as discussed earlier.
In the "service" position, poles 86b and 88b
are connected together through a negligible impedance,
so that a negative voltage (-40 volts) appears at pole 8~b
and is coupled to the control input of vartical oscillator
72. This negative voltage serves to inhibit the operation
of vertical oscillator 72 and thereby vertical scanning
of kinescope 38. The displayed image consequently is
vertically collapsed to a narrow horizontal line in the
center of the display screen of the kinescope. ~
In addition, in the "service" position, pole 84a --
is decoupled from ground potential, and -the voltage
appearing at the junction of resistors 92 and 93 increases.
The direct voltage then developed across color control
potentiometer 90 and therefore the voltage appearing at
the wiper of potentiometer 90 increases to a level greater
than ~11.2 volts due to the voltage divider action of the
~11.2 volt and -~22 volt sources, resistors 92 and 93, and
the resistance of potentiometer 90. This lncreased,
positive direct voltage is in a direction to reduce the
gain of (i.e., bias off) chrominance processing unit 16
so that substantially no chrominance signals are coupled
through chrominance processing unit 16, and chrominance
signals are removed from the chrominance channel.
A positive direct voltage also appears across -~
brightness control resistor 112 as a result of the voltage
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1 divider action of resistor 112, resistor 92 and the
+22 volt source. An increased positive voltage then
appearing at the wiper of variable resistor 112 serves to
raise the base voltage of clamp transistor 110 to a more
positive level, corresponding to a "blacker-than-black"
blanking reference level. A corresponding increased
positive voltage consequently appearing at the junction of ;~
capacitor 104 and the emitter of transistor 110 during the
clamping conduction intervals serves to reverse bias
luminance amplifier transistor 105. Luminance signals
are insufficient to forward-bias transistor 105 into
conduction during this time, and substantially no current
flows in the emitter of transistor 105. -
Since the luminance and chrominance channels are
rendered inoperative to couple luminance and chrominance
signal components to kinescope 38 in the "service" mode,
the amplifier transistors (e.g., 24c~ of the kinescope
drivex stages are caused to provide quiescent direct
voltages to respective cathodes of kinescope 38 approxi-
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mately equal to that provided by a lack of luminance and ;
chrominance signals. In this condition, color temperature ; -
adjustments of kinescope 38 can be accomplished by
adjusting the fixed voltages applied to kinescope 38 from
screen control unit 42 such that the separate guns are on
the threshold between conduction and cut-off.
It is further noted that in the "service" ~r~
position poles 86a and 88a are connected together through
a negligible impedance so that pole 88a is at ground
potential. The ground potential appearing at pole 88a
and coupled to the control input of auxiliary blanking
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1 unit 1~5 serves to inhibit the operation of unit 145,
thereby decoupling the auxiliary blan~ing pulse from
the kinescope dri~er stages. The auxiliary blanking
pulse would otherwise upset the quiescent operating
condition of the kinescope drivers and therefore upset ~ -
the color temperature adjustment of kinescope 38. The
connection from pole 88a to auxiliary blanking unit 145
is not necessary in the absence of the auxiliary blanking
pulse. The latter connection is the only AC signal ;~
coupling connection to switch 82, the remainder of the
connections coupling DC signals. Noise pick-up,
interference signals, and other problems such as
capacitive loading, often associated with long connections
coupling AC signals to a service switch, therefore are
significantly reduced by the arrangement of FIGURES la
and lb.
Since video processing unit 12 is not disabled
in the "service" mode, unit 12 continues to provide a
composite video signal including luminance, chrominance
and synchronization (sync) components. At this time, ~;
the chrominance and luminance components normally coupled
via the chrominance and luminance channels are inhibited
from reaching kinescope 38 as discussed. Also, horizontal
oscillator 62 operates at a substantially constant
2S desired horizontal line frequency (e.g., 15,734 Hz) in
response to the frequency synchronizing sync component
provided by sync separator 60, since this cornponent is
coupled to oscillator 62 independent of the position of
switch 82.
The frequency of the oscillatory output signal of
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I horizontal oscillator 62 is susceptible to slight
varlations (e.g., due to temperature changes or spurious
signals such as noise) in the absence of -the sync
component (e.g., if the video IF stage of video processor
12 were disabled). Unregula-ted receiver operating ~-
vo]tages derived from horizontal flyback transformer 76
in response to the horizontal output signal coupled to
transformer 76 would then undesirably vary in magnitude.
Such receiver operating voltages can include the +210 volt
1~ operating voltage as shown, as well as an operating
voltage associated with the screen grids of kinescope 38,
for example~
The +210 volt opera-ting voltage for kinescope
driver stages 18a, 18b and 18c can, for example, be
derived via a rectifier 79 and a filter capacitor 80 from ~ -~
a transformer secondary winding voltage waveform ~-
comprising periodic positive flyback pulses (e.g., 210
volts peak amplitude) coincident with horizontal retrace ;
intervals.
In the absence of the sync component, variations
of the frequency of the horizontal oscillator output
signal cause corresponding variations in the timing of the ~ -
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positive pulse voltage waveform derived from the secondary
winding of transformer 76. An increase or decrease o the
horizontal oscillator signal frequency produces a corre-
sponding decrease or increase in the duration of the
signal trace interval rela-tive to the retrace interval
(the retrace interval remains substantially constant in
this example). A corresponding increase or decrease in
the positive 210 volt operating voltage therefore results,
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1 since the magnitude of the xectified and filtered average
direct voltage provided by diode 7~ and capacitor 80 is
a function of the positive duty cycle of each retrace- ~;
trace period.
As a more specific example, when the frequency
of the horizontal oscillator output signal decreases,
the trace interval of the positive pulse voltage waveform
increases relative to the retrace interval, so that the
positive duty cycle and therefore the average positive
DC level of the positive pulse voltage waveform decreases.
A rectified positive DC voltage somewhat less than the
desired 210 volts therefore results. A frequency
variation of +500 Hz can cause the desired +210 volt -~
supply to vary 10-15 volts.
In essence, a desired level of unreyulated
operating voltages derived in this manner depends upon
operation of horizontal oscillator 62 at the proper
frequency. In this example, if horizontal oscillator 62
were not synchronized by the sync component during the
service mode, the kinescope driver operating supply voltage
(+210 volts) would change if the frequency of oscillation
changed. Kinescope set-up adjustments performed under
such condition would be inaccurate, since the kinescope
driver operating supply voltaye would revert to normal in
the "normal" mode, when the operating frequency of
oscillator 62 is properly estab~ished (synchronized) in -
response to the sync component.
Thus normal quiescent operating condi-tions of
the receiver are closely simulated, and accurate kinescope
set-up adjustments are facilitated, by maintaining
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1 horizontal oscillator 62 responsive to the sync component
during the "service" mode in a system of the type
described above.
Referring now to FIGURE 2, there is shown a less
complex, more economical service switch 282 including
"normal" and "service" positions.
Switch 282 includes three poles 283, 285 and 287.
Pole 283 is connected to the control input of vertical
oscillator 72 (FIGURE lb),~and pole 285 is connected to a
source of negative direct voltage (-40 volts). Pole 287
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is connected to the junction of resistors 92 and 93 -
(FIGUR~ lb) and also to a point in a voltage divider
network including series coupled resistors 295, 296 and
297 connected between a source of positive direct voltage ~-
(+210 volts) and a source of neyative direct voltage -
(-4~ volts). The junction of resistors 296 and 297 is ~`
coupled to the control grids of kinescope 38.
In ~he "normal" position, the receiver and the
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brightness and color control circuits operate normally ~
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as mentioned previously. It is noted, however, that in the
arrangement of FIGUÆ 2 the brightness and color control
circuits are biased with respect to the -40 volt source
via poles 285 and 287 which are connected to the junction
of resistors 92 and 93 in FIGURE lb. In comparison, it is
noted that in the arrangement o~ FIGURE lb with service
switch 82, the junction of resistors 92, 93 is coupled to ;
ground potential in the "normal" position of service
switch 82 via poles 84a and 86a. Accordingly, with the
arrangement of FIGUÆ 2, the values of resis-tors 92 and 93
should be selected so that brightness control 112 and
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1 color control 90 provide a desired amount of control in
the normal operating mode.
Also in the normal mode, a first voltage
appears at the junction of resistors 296 and 297 for ~-
biasing the control electrodes of kinescope 38. When
service switch 282 is in the "service" position, the
negative direct voltage source (-40 volts) is coupled from
pole 285 via a negligible impedance and pole 283 to the -
control input of vertical oscillator 72 (FIGURE lb) to
collapse the vertical scan as discussed previously. A
kinescope control electrode bias voltage of increased
magnitude then appears at the junction of resistors 296
; and 297. This control~grid bias voltage is in a direction
to cause klnescope 38 to conduct (i.e., turn on) or to
~ approach conduction. The kinescope is then adjusted by
adjustlng the voltages aoupled to kinescope 38 by screen
control unit 42 so that the separate guns are at a
threshold level between conduction and cut-off. ~he bias
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voltage of the control grids is returned to the first
blas voltage when servlce swit~h 282 is returned to the
"normal" ~osition.
Although the invention has been descrlbed in -
terms of specific embodiments, it should be recognized
that other arrangements may be devised by those skilled
in the art without departing frQm the scope of the
invention.
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